Picturing the Decade

This great graphic was created by Phillip Niemeyer who is an art director at Double Triple, an art and design studio. It originally appeared at the NYTimes website here. Man doe this ever take me back. I had forgotten about a lot of this stuff (and probably didn’t want to remember a lot of it either). Some of these things really shaped the way I think. I wonder what the next one of these ten years from now will look like?

There’s nothing like flipping through the pages of a beautiful coffee table book to get inspired, and the holiday season is the perfect time to gift the creative person in your life with a book. Fresh from the printing press, this list highlights a wide range of interests—meaning you’re sure to find the perfect gift.

Over the years, beards have become an unlikely source for amusing hair trends. We’ve seen guys decorating their whiskers with bouquets of spring flowers as well as silly, bizarre objects. But with the holidays around the corner, it’s the perfect time for men to show their spirit through facial hair. In London, guys can now sport beard lights that illuminate their face with an exquisite fairy glow.